420 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
caterpillars. A caterpillar of A. rubricata has just died full 
fed.—[Rev.] A. H. Wratislaw; School Hall, Bury St. 
Edmunds, July 4, 1871. 
Xanthia gilvago, éc., at Epping.—I caught a very fine 
female Xanthia gilvago at sugar, on one of the lime trees, 
last night. I was surprised to see it, as I do not think this 
species has occurred before in the neighbourhood of London. 
It is rather curious that I also took all the other British 
Xanthias, except aurago, viz., ferruginea, Silago, Citrago, 
Cerago, and the pale variety (the Gilvago of Haworth). 
A. lunosa swarmed, but, as usual, not one male in twenty was 
in good condition; the tips of the wings appear to be worn 
as soon as they fly. The females are very scarce. I have 
only seen seven; five of these I have in boxes to obtain 
some eggs, if they will deposit them. I took one remark- 
able female last night: it is very large, and the upper 
wings are very deep red-brown, with scarcely any markings, 
except a marginal row of black spots. Postscript.—Since I 
wrote to you I have taken another fine specimen of Gilvago; a 
male. ‘The first is a female. I also took Calocampa vetusta 
and a very fine Aplecta occulta. It must be about twenty- 
five years since | took two specimens of this moth; the one 
I caught is a female, and I have kept it alive to see if it will 
deposit any eggs. I have not seen vetusta before for years.— 
Henry Doubleday (in a letter to E. Newman, dated Septem- 
ber 13, 1871); Epping. 
[Xanthia gilvago has also turned up at Hoddesdon, where 
fifteen specimens have been taken by Mr. Horley, and 
others.— Edward Newman. | 
Diantheecia trregularis, Anticlea sinuata, &e.—I do not 
know whether you have been informed that Mr. Powles, of 
Ipswich, took two D. irregularis sheltering on pines in the 
crevices of the bark, in July last. Irregularis caterpillars 
have not been so numerous as usual; and at Tuddenham, in 
the usual localities, were scarcely to be found. I have taken 
only one caterpillar of Heliothis dipsaceus, of which moth 
Rev. J. Mills and I both reared several specimens from 
caterpillars taken last year. Mine were all seed-feeders, and 
were fed along with the larve of D. irregularis on the seeds 
of Silene Otites; but they also ate other seeds. But the 
great capture of this year, in this neighbourhood, has been 
